Girl Scout cookie sale to begin Sunday

LAKE COUNTY -- Girl Scouts of Northern California (Girl Scouts NorCal) will begin its cookie sale on Sunday. Door-to-door and booth sales will take place at locations throughout Lake County.

According to Marina Park, CEO of Girl Scouts NorCal, this year's sale features a redesign of the cookie boxes. The box designs will highlights Girl Scouts badges such as public speaking, business owner, financial literacy, gardening, philanthropy, dance and marketing.

The designs will also highlight the Girl Scout Gold Award, which according to Park is the highest achievement a girl can earn in Girl Scouting.

All of the cookie varieties have 0 grams trans fat per serving and have no high fructose corn syrup. Seven varieties have no artificial colors and five varieties contain no hydrogenated oils according to Park.

This year's sale will take place until March 17. An online cookie locator is available at iLoveCookies.org. For more information, call 279-4689, ext. 3020 or 800-447-4475, ext. 3020.

A free Girl Scout cookie locator mobile app is available through the iPhone app store and Android marketplace or by calling **GSCOOKIES to have the app sent directly to a smartphone via text reply.